Johnny D. Boggs
Fueled by a lifelong passion for American history and a more recent desire to make mortgage payments, Spur Award-winning author Johnny D. Boggs has written more than 20 nonfiction books and novels, plus thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, son and basset hound.
Stories by Johnny D. Boggs
Top 10 Western Museums of 2009
We opted for a little brass, a lot of sass and a ton of vision with our history when we selected this year's top museums based on their grand showcases of the American West last year.
Miles and Miles of Miles City
Flathead Lake and Glacier National Park. Deer Lodge and Livingston. Big Hole and Big Sky...
Batter Up in Tombstone
Everybody this side of Fenway Park knows that Tombstone, Arizona, is about keeping the past alive.
Journey Through Spanish Missions Country
Tourists-tons of them- walk inside these walls with a quiet reverence.
50th Anniversary of Rio Bravo
Fifty years ago this month, Rio Bravo premiered as director Howard Hawks's answer to director Fred Zinnemann's High Noon.
Election Report
America swears in her 44th president on January 20. I present to you the presidents I would have loved to have seen in our nation's highest office.
Pikes Peak Or Bust
Sitting in historic Lawrence, I don’t know why those fortune seekers of 1859 ever left Kansas.
Worst Turkeys of the West
Gobble gobble goofs that will make you laugh.
Wyatt & Witches & Pixies, Oh My!
Wyatt Earp was a fairy. Don't aim your pistols at me. I'm not outing anybody. Neither is Emma Bull.